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18 Cards in this Set
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boisterous
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adjective
loud, noisy, lacking restraint |
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boor
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noun
a rude or insensitive person a lout |
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burnish
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verb
to polish, to rub to a shine |
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byzantine
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adjective
labyrinthine, complex |
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cabal
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noun
a scheme or plot a group of plotters |
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cachinnate
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verb
to laugh loudly |
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cadge
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verb
to sponge or mooch |
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cajole
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verb
to coax or wheedle to inveigle |
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calumniate
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verb
to slander, to make false accusations |
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calumny
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noun
slander, aspersion |
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caparison
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verb
to adorn or bedizen |
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captious
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adjective
calculated to confuse or entrap in argument hypercritical, caviling |
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caret
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noun
an insertion mark (^) used in editing |
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cavil
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verb
to find fault without a really good reason |
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celerity
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noun
speed, alacrity |
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chasten
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verb
to chastise or correct |
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chauvinist
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noun
a blindly devoted patriot |
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chimera
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noun
an allusion orriginally, an imaginary fither-breathing she-monster |
